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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. The restoration of rivers should be a major goal of humanity. Personally, I'd love to see the Colorado River restored...

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Fri Apr 25, 2025, 10:36 AM

14 hrs ago

...but that would be a very hard sell.

It would be great if we could just have Glen Canyon back. It did a fan dance with us a few years back after extreme drought. It would take, of course, decades, to wash off the salts collected on the rocks if we did get it back.

One can dream...

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The restoration of rivers should be a major goal of humanity. Personally, I'd love to see the Colorado River restored... NNadir 14 hrs ago #1

The Klamath was a goner CountAllVotes 13 hrs ago #2

In a very bad time, that is rare good news indeed. I didn't know that. Thanks. I'm a free river kind of guy. NNadir 12 hrs ago #3

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